Unusual order in the Trump v. IRS case by Judge Williams. While dismissing the case (she has no choice), she explicitly notes: 1. The is still a question whether controversy existed. 2. There is no settlement of record. 3. The lawyers for the government still have ethical obligations in the case.

Holy mother of Yikes.

Dude is about to get kneecapped by the ghost of F. Lee Bailey.

On Friday, federal judges in Wyoming tossed charges against 9 criminal defendants over Darin Smith’s “deeply concerning” misconduct as acting U.S. attorney. Tonight, the Senate is voting to confirm Smith to this job for the rest of Trump's presidency www.huffpost.com/entry/us-att...

Welp.

“Skip the structural reforms and the policy gains die in the courts.” www.offmessage.net/p/bracing-for-…

“a rogue porcupine”

Bruce has added SCOTUS to his big speech before My City of Ruins:

I appear to be at Madison Square Garden.

The Phantom Menace (1999)

Too bad he didn’t include The Power Broker. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/s...

The reason people keep doing crimes for Trump is that you get rewarded for doing them, congratulations to Colorado's Dem governor for making sure we get more people trying to overturn elections on his behalf bsky.app/profile/kyle...

Corruption all over the place.

Whoa.

The mifepristone dissents are … not fully hinged.

BREAKING: SCOTUS stays the Fifth Circuit's mifepristone stay order, keeping mifepristone available on current terms. Thomas and Alito file separate dissents. Background: www.lawdork.com/p/mifepristo...

Ouch. 512pixels.net/2026/05/grok...

The last SCOTUS decision today is Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties. Sotomayor has the opinion for a unanimous court, affirming the Second Circuit in an arbitration case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

The first, but not last, SCOTUS opinion is Montgomery v. Caribe Transport. Barrett has the opinion for a unanimous court, reversing the Seventh Circuit in a preemption case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

OMG the DOJ lawyer just said presidential power has never been "circumcised." He was trying to say "circumscribed."

Yes. www.offmessage.net/p/are-democr...

That was quick.

NEW: After a string of losses in its anti-trans project, DOJ turns to grand jury subpoenas in Texas. At least seven judges have blocked invasive administrative subpoenas targeting gender-affirming care for minors, so DOJ appears to be trying a new tactic. Tonight, at Law Dork:

Fun con law fact: The First Amendment does not protect tech company emails announcing “updated prices” when “updated” actually means “higher.”

hell yes www.aol.com/news/iowa-pu...

“I’m running hot this week, not because Democrats lost a round, but because they ran into easily anticipated Republican faithlessness and decided, once again, to defer consequences.”

The mayor of Belleville, in NJ's Essex County, is an independent leading a blue city who endorsed the GOP candidate for governor last fall. He was endorsed this spring by both the local Dem & GOP parties. Today, he lost reelection to a 24-year old progressive councilmember:

RESULT: Bill Flanigan has ousted West Virginia Justice Tom Ewing tonight, and will join the state's supreme court. Flanigan is a GOP lawmaker with an interesting profile (see below).

Yikes.

“This piece is about the horrible omen of Democrats choosing to surrender.”

I’ll keep calling it the shadow docket because “interim” is misleading when applied to stays that effectively decide the outcome, as in many Trump-related cases over the last 17 months.

Once again I should note that being a Democrat is like being a Mets fan. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/u...

Surely they've suffered enough?

Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes.

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The Paul Clement-signed petition “is the most aggressive defense from any television network since President Trump kicked off an extended campaign last year to bring media organizations to heel.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

Yikes?!

And how unready Dems were, for that matter: schemes like California and Virginia sprang up in response to Texas, quite late for Virginia. But it was clear what was going to happen with Callais in June 2025, as soon SCOTUS punted on the prior hearing and ordered expanded one.

Whoa.

It’s my birthday this weekend so I’m off today. But Ian said everything I could have said about this BULLSHIT decision out of Virginia.

people are hungary-posting about this moment in terms of the scope of possibility and the fundamental difference between here and hungary is that the opposition leaders in hungary were not born losers who love to lose, get off on losing, and think losing makes them better people

THIS VIRGINIA RULING IS BULLSHIT ....and I explain exactly why here statehouseaction.substack.com/p/may-dazed

Not especially surprising (VA Supreme Court is majority conservative), but still yikes yikes yikes yikes yikes.

Sprinkle a few more Yikeses on Callais.

Excited to live in a country where you can mail someone a handgun but not an abortion pill

That’s Enrico Palazzo!!!

Seriously, people, do not go up there. www.yahoo.com/news/videos/gi…